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Online Encyclopedias

Continuously updated resource containing hundreds of articles and biographies that offer overviews of key elements in social work study. Monthly additions.

Key Databases

Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts Database designed to serve the information needs of students, practitioners, and researchers, in social work and related fields, focused on a core of 500+ scholarly journals covering all aspects of health and social care from a broadly social scientific perspective. With links to full text.

Social Services Abstracts Database providing bibliographic coverage of current research focused on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development from thousands of serial publications with links to full text.

OmniFile Full Text Mega Database provides a number of resources, including the journals Social Work, Child Welfare, and Social Service Review.

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The Journal of Social Work Values and Ethics Examines the ethical and values issues that impact and are interwoven with social work practice, research, and theory development. This journal addresses ethical and value issues that encompass the full range of social problems and issues that social workers encounter.

ProQuest Social Sciences Includes access to ProQuest Dissertations, Research library for social sciences as well as the premium collection.

Google Scholar Google's search engine for scholarly literature on the web. Some full text is available, but much is not (behind publisher paywalls).

GPO (Government Printing Office) Covers all types of U.S. government documents, including Congressional reports, hearings, debates, and documents issued by executive departments, many pertaining to sociological issues.

Founded in 1899 by the Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth, the College of Saint Elizabeth has a strong tradition of concern for the poor, for developing leadership in a spirit of service and social responsibility, and a commitment to the promotion of women as full partners in society.